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Rep. JOE READ (R) - HD93

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35566 TERRACE LAKE RD
RONAN, MT 59864-2435

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Email: Joe.Read@legmt.gov

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House: 2011 2019 2021 2023

In the Session of 2023:

Associated Bills Committee Assignments Committee Hearings

LC Number	Bill Type - Number	Association with Bill	Current Status	Status Date	Short Title
LC0374	HB 51	Primary Sponsor	(H) Signed by Governor	03/16/2023	Generally revise indemnity provisions
LC0720	HB 54	Primary Sponsor	(H) Signed by Governor	03/16/2023	Revise laws related to petroleum brownfields
LC3987	HR 4	Primary Sponsor	(H) Bill Withdrawn per House Rule H30-50(3)(b)	03/15/2023	House resolution for MT historical society repository for original 13th Amend
LC3985	HJ 9	Primary Sponsor	(S) Referred to Committee	03/14/2023	Joint resolution for MT historical society repository of original 13th Amend
LC3981	HB 725	Primary Sponsor	(H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal	03/11/2023	Create contempt of constitution law
LC3050	HB 726	Primary Sponsor	(H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal	03/11/2023	Assign oversight of water compacts and management to Public Service Commisson
LC3979	HB 760	Primary Sponsor	(H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal	03/11/2023	Revise laws related to foreign media corporations
LC3983	HB 620	Primary Sponsor	(H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal	03/11/2023	Establish the legal tender act
LC4518	HB 650	Primary Sponsor	(H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal	03/11/2023	Require agency reporting on financial assistance to tribes
LC4396	HB 478	Primary Sponsor	(H) Referred to Committee	02/13/2023	Provide an appropriation for PL 280 reimbursement
LC4400	HB 479	Primary Sponsor	(H) Referred to Committee	02/13/2023	Provide appropriation for DOJ to assume law enforcement PL-280

LC Number	Bill Type - Number	Association with Bill	Current Status	Status Date	Short Title
LC3982	None	Requester	(C) Executive Director Review	03/18/2023	Allow tax payments in gold, silver, and state produced gold media
LC4519	None	Requester	(C) Draft to Requester for Review	03/17/2023	Revise funeral services licensing and death certificate reporting laws
LC3051	None	Requester	(C) Draft in Edit	03/17/2023	Create a State Bank of Montana
LC0374	HB 51	Primary Sponsor	(H) Signed by Governor	03/16/2023	Generally revise indemnity provisions
LC0720	HB 54	Primary Sponsor	(H) Signed by Governor	03/16/2023	Revise laws related to petroleum brownfields
LC3987	HR 4	Primary Sponsor	(H) Bill Withdrawn per House Rule H30-50(3)(b)	03/15/2023	House resolution for MT historical society repository for original 13th Amend
LC3987	HR 4	Requester	(H) Bill Withdrawn per House Rule H30-50(3)(b)	03/15/2023	House resolution for MT historical society repository for original 13th Amend
LC3986	None	Requester	(C) Draft in Edit	03/14/2023	Adopt the original 13th amendment
LC3985	HJ 9	Primary Sponsor	(S) Referred to Committee	03/14/2023	Joint resolution for MT historical society repository of original 13th Amend
LC3985	HJ 9	Requester	(S) Referred to Committee	03/14/2023	Joint resolution for MT historical society repository of original 13th Amend
LC3981	HB 725	Primary Sponsor	(H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal	03/11/2023	Create contempt of constitution law
LC3050	HB 726	Primary Sponsor	(H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal	03/11/2023	Assign oversight of water compacts and management to Public Service Commisson
LC3979	HB 760	Primary Sponsor	(H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal	03/11/2023	Revise laws related to foreign media corporations
LC3983	HB 620	Primary Sponsor	(H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal	03/11/2023	Establish the legal tender act
LC4518	HB 650	Primary Sponsor	(H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal	03/11/2023	Require agency reporting on financial assistance to tribes
LC3050	HB 726	Requester	(H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal	03/11/2023	Assign oversight of water compacts and management to Public Service Commisson
LC3979	HB 760	Requester	(H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal	03/11/2023	Revise laws related to foreign media corporations
LC3981	HB 725	Requester	(H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal	03/11/2023	Create contempt of constitution law
LC3983	HB 620	Requester	(H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal	03/11/2023	Establish the legal tender act
LC3984	None	Requester	(C) Draft On Hold	03/09/2023	Transfer Federal Reserve Helena building to Montana
LC4399	None	Requester	(C) Draft On Hold	02/27/2023	Revise laws related to CSKT water compact
LC4396	HB 478	Primary Sponsor	(H) Referred to Committee	02/13/2023	Provide an appropriation for PL 280 reimbursement
LC4400	HB 479	Primary Sponsor	(H) Referred to Committee	02/13/2023	Provide appropriation for DOJ to assume law enforcement PL-280
LC4396	HB 478	Requester	(H) Referred to Committee	02/13/2023	Provide an appropriation for PL 280 reimbursement
LC4400	HB 479	Requester	(H) Referred to Committee	02/13/2023	Provide appropriation for DOJ to assume law enforcement PL-280
LC4397	None	Requester	(C) Draft On Hold	01/18/2023	Create a repository of record at MT historical society
LC3052	None	Requester	(C) Draft Ready for Delivery	01/18/2023	Establish hunting seasons on fee land within CSKT reservation
LC4398	None	Requester	(C) Draft Request Received	01/03/2023	Generally revise laws regarding common law
LC3980	None	Requester	(C) Draft Request Received	12/11/2022	Study establishing constitutional law school

Committee Name	Seat
(H) (H) Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Natural Resources and Transportation	Member
(J) (H) Joint Appropriations and Finance & Claims	Member
(H) (H) Appropriations	Member

Date	Time	Room	Bill Number	Short Title	Committee	Comments
03/23/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 835	Create Medicaid and 24/7 contingency fund	(H) Appropriations	None
03/23/2023	03:00 PM	102	HB 526	Repeal state tax on social security income	(H) Appropriations	None
03/23/2023	03:00 PM	102	HB 393	Establish the Students with Special Needs Equal Opportunity Act	(H) Appropriations	None
03/23/2023	03:00 PM	102	HB 562	Authorize establishment of community choice schools	(H) Appropriations	None
03/21/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 220	Create select committee on energy resource planning and acquisition	(H) Appropriations	None
03/21/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 407	Provide for affordable housing abatements	(H) Appropriations	None
03/21/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 445	Establish mentoring program for new teachers	(H) Appropriations	None
03/21/2023	08:00 AM	102	SB 70	Revise the Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program	(H) Appropriations	None
03/21/2023	03:00 PM	102	SB 417	Pay off bonded debt	(H) Appropriations	None
03/20/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 380	Establish a grant funding program to support homelessness care providers	(H) Appropriations	None
03/20/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 383	Establish the Montana hunters and anglers community fund	(H) Appropriations	None
03/20/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 449	Provide for certified pediatric complex care assistant services	(H) Appropriations	None
03/20/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 469	Revise taxation of horizontally recompleted wells	(H) Appropriations	None
03/20/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 587	Generally revise school finance laws related to property taxes	(H) Appropriations	None
03/20/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 588	Revise TEACH Act incentives to increase starting teacher salary	(H) Appropriations	None
03/20/2023	03:00 PM	102	HB 521	Revising laws related to conservation licenses on state lands	(H) Appropriations	None
03/20/2023	03:00 PM	102	HB 542	Establish a volunteer firefighter and EMT tax credit	(H) Appropriations	None
03/20/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 822	Generally revise school-based mental health services	(H) Appropriations	None
03/17/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 352	Provide targeted interventions to support 3rd grade reading proficiency	(H) Appropriations	None
03/17/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 12	Montana historic preservation grants	(H) Appropriations	None
03/17/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 9	Cultural and aesthetic grants	(H) Appropriations	None
03/17/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 382	Revise education laws related to career and technology student organizations	(H) Appropriations	None
03/17/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 403	Generally revise laws concerning fees for teacher and specialist certificates	(H) Appropriations	None
03/17/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 549	Authorizing establishment of public charter schools	(H) Appropriations	None
03/17/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 709	Create and share publicly a district court/judge performance indicator display	(H) Appropriations	None
03/16/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 8	Renewable resource bonds and loans	(H) Appropriations	None
03/16/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 11	Montana coal endowment program	(H) Appropriations	None
03/16/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 6	Renewable resource grants	(H) Appropriations	None
03/16/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 791	Generally revise drug crime sentences	(H) Appropriations	None
03/16/2023	03:00 PM	102	HB 766	Revise laws related to human trafficking	(H) Appropriations	None
03/16/2023	03:00 PM	102	HB 649	Implement rates from provider rate study	(H) Appropriations	None
03/15/2023	08:30 AM	102	HB 5	Long-range building appropriations	(H) Appropriations	None
03/15/2023	08:30 AM	102	HB 10	Long-range information technology financings and appropriations	(H) Appropriations	None
03/15/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 817	Provide for capital projects	(H) Appropriations	None
03/15/2023	03:00 PM	102	HB 288	Revise laws related to tuition waivers for American Indian students	(H) Appropriations	None
03/15/2023	08:00 AM	102	HB 597	Generally revising laws related to reallocation of 911 fees	(H) Appropriations	None
03/15/2023	03:00 PM	102	HB 672	Generally revise environmental protection laws	(H) Appropriations	None